Moths of the Month (Adult Macros)
The National Moth Recording Scheme's database has records for each of the species for a vice county for a given month. The photographs are taken from the Scottish County Moth Recorders' Voucher Archive. If the Archive has a photo of the species for the Vice County then that will be shown, otherwise a photo from another Scottish VC will display.
A simple algorithm has been used to provide an indication of abundance of the species in that month (not of its abundance generally) for records since January 2000. This has been based on the number of records (not the counts within records) that the moth has for that month in that VC compared to the
total counts for that VC in that month for all species. Some inappropriate categories may therefore be shown, but any species with 'Very Unlikely', or for beginners 'Unlikely' against them should be verified with your CMR.
Common Swift
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Very frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Mottled Grey
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Very frequent)
Muslin Moth
(Very frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Small Quaker
(Very frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Chinese Character
(Regular)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Scarce Tissue
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Seraphim
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Burnet Companion
(Frequent)
Mother Shipton
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Coronet
(Frequent)
Shark
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Pine Beauty
(Regular)
Shears
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Flame
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Infrequent)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Grey Birch
(Regular)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Regular)
Orange Footman
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Alder Moth
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Chamomile Shark
(Infrequent)
Early Grey
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Dark Arches
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Dark Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Gothic
(Infrequent)